Type Public school Grades K-5 Color(s) Blue and Green District Windham School District Founded March 1865 | Established March, 1865 Enrollment 344 (2013) Phone +1 860-465-2380 Number of students 344 (2013) | |
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Website Natchaug School Homepage Address Willimantic, CT 06226, USA Similar Windham High School, Windham Early Head Start, North Windham School, Windham Technical School, Charles H Barrows STEM Ac | ||
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Natchaug Elementary School is an elementary school located in Willimantic, Connecticut, United States. It has accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The name Natchaug comes from the Native American Nipmuc word meaning "land between the rivers." The school colors are bright green and blue.
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Student Composition
The school serves students from kindergarten through fifth grade, after which they move on to Windham Middle School. The majority of students are Hispanic (72%), while 18% of students are white and smaller numbers are black or multiracial. By contrast, the majority of the staff are white (88%), with only a small number of Hispanic educators. Relative to state averages, many of the school's students come from poor families; nearly 90% qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2013-14, compared to 37% of public school students in the state overall.
Overall, one in three students is classified as an English Language Learner, versus 6% of students statewide. Natchaug has had bilingual education programs in place since the 1980s, in accordance with state legislation. Natchaug also currently has a Family Resource Center and before- and after-school programs for its students.
History
Natchaug School first opened in 1865, and included a high school until 1897. The school was initially a large wooden building, completed in 1864 and replacing the Old Stone Schoolhouse of earlier decades. In the late 1870s, pupils included several visiting students from China, who had been sent by the Qing dynasty as the educational mission of its Self-Strengthening Movement. The old school building was torn down in 1914 to make way for the current brick structure.
Principals
In earlier decades, principals included: